The arrest of his brother, Gerald the Duke of Denver, for murder plunges Lord Peter Wimsey into a treacherous world where nothing is as it seems. Every new clue only compounds the mystery. When Captain Denis Cathcart, fiancé to Lord Peter Wimsey’s sister, Lady Mary, is discovered dead outside the family’s shooting lodge in Yorkshire, Wimsey must unravel a complex web of lies, deceit, and seemingly random events to find the killer, even as the Duke refuses to cooperate and Lady Mary seems to be hiding something.
Clouds of Witness, the second novel by one of the most renowned mystery writers of all time, is a fast-paced, sophisticated must-read mystery for any fan of the genre.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
Chapter I. ‘Of His Malice Aforethought’
Chapter II. The Green-Eyed Cat
Chapter III. Mudstains and Bloodstains
Chapter IV. -And His Daughter, Much-Afraid
Chapter V. The Rue St. Honoré and the Rue de la Paix
Chapter VI. Mary Quite Contrary
Chapter VII. The Club and the Bullet
Chapter VIII. Mr. Parker Takes Notes
Chapter IX. Goyles
Chapter X. Nothing Abides at the Noon
Chapter XI. Meribah
Chapter XII. The Alibi
Chapter XIII. Manon
Chapter XIV. The Edge of the Axe Towards Him
Chapter XV. Bar Falling
Chapter XVI. The Second String
Chapter XVII. The Eloquent Dead
Chapter XVIII. The Speech for the Defence
Chapter XIX. Who Goes Home?
Biographical Note
Circa l’autore
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Her blue-blooded sleuth romps cheerfully through 1920s and 1930s high society. Arguably the best of the leading ‘Golden Age’ crime writers, Sayers was also a distinguished theologian and classical scholar whose translations of Dante are still in print today.Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
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